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Ivan Kirigin
Personal blog · giantrobotlasers.combusinessweb
Ivan Kirigin writes Tumblr, a personal blog at giantrobotlasers.com about business and web. Since 2009, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “I’m doing a new startup”. The last post was in 2014, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a Napoleon quote on the matter of hiring, cited in a thread about not hiring 0x engineers. The one comment gives no judgment of the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- I’m doing a new startup2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-09
What Hacker News says?
Or Napoleon's take on the matter: http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/2486135590/someone-once-ask...
Comment linking /post/2486135590/someone-once-asked-napoleon-how-he-decided-where
on “Just Don't Hire 0x Engineers”Submitted This is a bit f'd, Quora as a story · 827 points
HN discussionI wrote up my ideal Dropbox configuration: http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/684259169/the-ideal-desktop... I'm told the symlinks should go in opposite directions, but generally this setup is very clean.
Comment linking /post/684259169/the-ideal-desktop-and-dropbox-configuration-i
on “Ask HN: Share a gem. Teach me and you.”Submitted Bill Hicks's Principles of Comedy as a story · 57 points
HN discussionYes on both http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/26853484573/im-doing-a-new-... Want to grab a beer tonight?
Comment linking /post/26853484573/im-doing-a-new-startup
on “AngelList Docs - Close your round online”Submitted FB vs Foursquare as a story · 28 points
HN discussionI made the koolaide dude without really thinking about what I was getting into at first. http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/437605692/i-made-the-koolai...
Comment linking /post/437605692/i-made-the-koolaide-dude-almost-by-accident-using
on “This is amazing. HTML5. No Flash. No Java. Works on iPhone.”Submitted FreeRice: Hack a site to feed the world as a story · 21 points
HN discussionIt is so much easier than that. http://giantrobotlasers.com/post/973558561/im-mayor-of-faceb... 58 23 * * * curl -u CELL:PASS http://api.foursquare.com/v1/checkin.json -d vid=VENUE
Comment linking /post/973558561/im-mayor-of-facebook-on-foursquare-i-got-it-by
on “Gaming Foursquare with 9 lines of Perl”Submitted The insanity of defense spending, and a lesson about policy illiteracy as a story · 14 points
HN discussionhttp://giantrobotlasers.com/post/176847959/bill-hickss-princ...
Comment linking /post/176847959/bill-hickss-principles-of-comedy-1-if-you-can
on “Ask HN: Any tips on giving speeches?”Submitted I'm running an experiment with Facebook Ads for my Tumblog as a story · 12 points
HN discussionSubmitted A message from my .LY registrar regarding the unrest in Libya as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted How Americans get to work as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Amazon integrates Facebook connect as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted My ideal desktop and dropbox configuration as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted I’m doing a new startup as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Things Ping Should Do as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The World’s Most Important 6 Second Drum Beat as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to do market analysis on twitter in 5 minutes as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Securilicious as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Push yourself to learn as a story · 1 points
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